GUIDE | Tier I

The GUIDE (Tier I) workshop is intended to generate 包容 community among SMC 教师 和 staff.

Background

The 第一级指南 program at Saint Mary’s College is an introductory learning experience required for all employees.  Its primary intent is to support common underst和ing, 语言, 和 awareness of expectations related to employee 多样性, 公平与包容. GUIDE是的结果 学生的积极性 和 要求 for 教师 和 staff to have training that promoted a diverse, 公平的, 和 包容 campus for all identities. Thank you for stepping into this experience 和 joining with other employees in this educational process.

GUIDE的目的是什么?

GUIDE – Gaels Uniting for 包容 和 多样性 through Education (Tier 1) – is SMC’s campus-wide workshop for all employees. The program title 和 acronym symbolize our belief that we have the capacity to teach 和 learn from each other; to guide 和 be guided toward a deeper underst和ing of 和 respect for our intersecting differences 和 similarities. It also represents our conviction that shared intention combined with collective action will guide our College on the journey toward a respectful, 包容, 和 safe environment for all members of our campus community 

The GUIDE (Tier I) workshop is intended to generate an 包容 community among SMC 教师 和 staff. 第一级指南 is a required training for all employees.

谁需要参与 第一级指南 研讨会?

这个车间 是必需的 for all full-time 教师 和 staff at least once every 三年. Per-course adjuncts are strongly encouraged but not required, to participate in GUIDE.

How is Completion of Tier I Workshops Accomplished?

GUIDE项目包括 三个 会话,每个 1.5小时长 (4.5 hours total) with some homework 和 reflection assignments between them. 给n that GUIDE is a cohort model, is it important that a participant attend all the sessions for the cohort for which they signed up. Reminders in the form of multiple emails are sent to participants. 这可能意味着 if a participant misses one session, they will need to sign up for another cohort in a later semester.

主题

第一级指南 focuses on community building 和 working with its participants to develop a basic underst和ing of power, 特权, 和 systems of oppression; adjusts its pedagogical approach to be sensitive to the power dynamics among its attendees 和 minimize the risk of burdening those from marginalized groups.

When are 第一级指南 研讨会 offered?

GUIDE (Tier I) 研讨会 will be offered in 10月 和 3月. They will be held during Flextimes on 星期一 和 星期三 (1:30-3:00 pm).  An online option may be offered as well.  Faculty 和 staff will be notified of specific dates 和 a form for confirmation of attendance will be provided. 

一个队列中有多少人?

Each cohort is made up of 20-25 employees.

If someone doesn’t complete GUIDE?

没有指南认证， 教师 are ineligible to apply for sabbatical funding, internal awards 和 grants, 和 conference funding.

Learning Objectives for the 第一级指南:

1. Build community across the diverse individuals within our campus community.
2. Introduce 和 explore a range of words 和 concepts related to diversity, 股本 和 inclusion. 
3. Expose participants to stories of how oppression, 种族歧视, 和 exclusion impact members of our community 和 influence people 和 things on a system-wide level.                                                                                              
4. Expose participants to basic expectations of workplace behavior in relation to diversity, 股本, 以及在圣玛丽的包容.                                                   
5. Inspire a next-step commitment, 和 inform people of relevant resources they can access.

常见问题

Can I take a training elsewhere 和 have it count for GUIDE? No. No, the expectation is that employees take GUIDE Tier 1 every 三年, preferably within six months of joining Saint Mary’s.

完成一个 Tier 2指南 培训符合 4.5小时的 要求 of GUIDE Tier 1 can fulfill the GUIDE 要求.

You can also meet the GUIDE expectation by facilitating GUIDE Tier 1 or Tier 2 sessions that meet the 4.5小时的 要求. To be eligible as a GUIDE facilitator, you must have completed GUIDE Tier 1 within the 三年 时间表.

Can a cohort participant go to another cohort’s session? No. A participant is supposed to attend all 三个 sessions of the cohort they committed to. GUIDE is designed to be a learning community among cohort members.